In
the familiar eighth chapter of Romans, Paul contrasts the works of the Spirit with the beliefs of the flesh, emphasizing both the power of the Spirit over the flesh, and the necessity for the followers of Christ Jesus to gain and exercise the ascendancy which the Spirit confers.
The
belief that there is life and intelligence in matter and that all material phenomena are controlled by material law is the fallacy from which springs every problem confronting the human race.
In
John's gospel it is related that the Jews who did not accept the teachings of Christ Jesus used many arguments to entrap him, hoping thereby to destroy his growing popularity.
What
song means to most men could scarcely have been portrayed more clearly than by a certain poet when he tells us that "the land of song" lies in the glorious world of God within us; while another speaks of song as "the speech of angels.
